On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 06:21:33AM +0200, Marc Lehmann wrote: > On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 05:24:37PM +0200, Stanislav Brabec <utx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Saving in higher quality means vaste of disk space. Saving with less quality > > will cause loss of quality. So the best is to save certain jpeg in the same > > quality all times. > > You got it wrong: saving a jpeg in ANY quality (higher or lower) causes loss > of quality. Saving in the same quality as the original image causes quality > loss depending on the selected quality. > > As I said, the only effect is a similar(!) file size, and that every save > would cause about the same amount of quality loss. Yes, similar file size and similar(?) quality is the goal of saving jpeg in the same quality every time.